By Colbi Howser
After
spending seven years working on her photography in China, Angie Jennings
finally presents her work of photos taken as a result of her travels through
China in 2003 and 2010.
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| Silver printing pictures hanging in Thornhill Gallery Photo taken by Colbi Howser |
After walking through the gallery I
noticed some of the pictures were not regular every day prints like you and I
would use. Jennings decided to use
traditional silver printing and photogravure along with modern technology. For all of you who don’t know what silver
printing is, it is commonly known as a black and white photographic print,
which is created from a film’s negative.
The film suspends light-sensitive silver halides in a gelatin, which is
rinsed away during processing. The
silver that remains on the film emulsion reveals the latent image on the film’s
base leaving behind a photographic image.
Also, she used photogravure which is an image produced from a
photographic negative and transferred to a metal plate and etched in.
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| Photos of Angie Jennings travels through China in 2003 and 2010 |
Jennings decided to utilize the
skills she learned during this time to tell the stories of life in single
images and a series of images captured in one frame. Angie has shown her work all over the U.S.
and also across the globe including Kansas, Colorado, Oregon, Oklahoma and
Beijing
Along with 250 or so visitors on
opening night, Jennings and gallery director Marci Aylward would say that this
showcase of how modernity is growing within this most ancient country (China)
was a huge success. Jennings photography
will be on display through February 15th. Thornhill Gallery hours are Monday-Thursday,
10 a.m.- 5 p.m., and Friday 10 a.m.- 3p.m.
